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NO WAY THAT WILL FLY! ORGANIZING THE FUZZY FRONT END OF RADICAL INNOVATION
(2017-09-13)Today, the technology development is moving at a high speed. Companies today all work with innovation to some extent, and some companies also engage with radical innovation. Radical innovation is, according to many scholars, ... -
THE (NON) IMPORTANCE OF CEO OWNERSHIP? AN AGENCY THEORETIC PERSPECTIVE ON M&A
(2022-06-29)For decades, corporate acquisitions and subsequent shareholder returns have been studied, only to yield ambivalent results at best. As global M&A volumes have recently reached multi-trillion dollar levels, understanding ... -
Nordic Air Freight Market Visions for Cargo Business Development from Airport Management view-point -Based on a case study of Swedish LFV Landvetter Airport and their industry network
(2010-06-23)Severe financial crisis sweeping the world causes international trade to fall down sharper than expected in 2009. As taking care of goods physical movement, the transportation industry has been severely impacted and the ... -
Nordic Financial Market Integration: An Analysis with GARCH Modeling
(2005)This thesis investigates the financial integration of the Nordic stock markets by studying the return-spillover effects across countries. Three related hypotheses are addressed. Firstly, the increasingly documented ... -
Norms, Nudging, and Sustainable Consumption- An interactive online experiment evaluating the impact of descriptive and injunctive norms on the consumption of sustainability labelled products
(2020-08-31)Sustainable consumption is one important factor in mitigating negative environmental and societal impacts of extensive production and consumption. Behavioural interventions, such as nudging, have been suggested as potential ... -
Not a Destiny: Ethnic Diversity and Redistribution Reexamined
(2013-07-01)Existing cross-country studies have increasingly confirmed the negative relationship between ethnic diversity and redistribution. These studies, however, have mainly focused on the measurement of ethnic diversity and have ... -
Nudging people off of the couch. A nudge experiment on physical exercise in collaboration with SATS.
(2017-07-28)In this paper we demonstrate that it is possible to increase average weekly exercise frequency by up to 9.45%, by sending the study participants e-mails. Several of the leading causes of death globally are closely linked ... -
NUDGING TOWARDS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY- An empirical study on the effects of nudging
(2021-06-30)The transition to a Circular Economy serves an important role in reaching sustainable consumption and production patterns to mitigate global warming. In this thesis, we explore how nudging can promote pro-environmental ... -
Object Model for Description of the Logistical Flow at Volvo Cars Corporation -A base for simulation containing logistical flows
(2008-02-28)This thesis is about creating an object model for the logistical flows in Volvo Cars Assem-bly Factory in Torslanda. This in order to use the object model as a base for the simulation of the logistical flows with the use ... -
Observing the utilization of middle management during an ongoing acquisition.
(2021-06-27)This article focuses on the ambiguity of an ongoing acquisition and examines the utilization of middle management functionalities during the process. Utilizing a case study where the empirical findings regarding middle ... -
Off balance sheet financing - what value does it bring to the firm?
(2001)Off balance sheet financing is one of the most popular topics in the business literature today. It is popular because it is seen as a means to improve returns and bring value to the shareholders. This paper identifies four ... -
Offering a managerial perspective on stress management in the restaurant industry - How do managers perceive and handle stress in their daily work?
(2023-06-29)Stress management is a significant topic to study within management as employee well-being and stress experienced at work is rising. One industry where work stress is increasingly rising is the restaurant industry. ... -
Offline Stock-Outs in an Omnichannel Context: Assessing Consumer Behavior in a Digitalized Retail Landscape - a Case Study of IKEA
(2017-06-30)Controlling inventory levels has been an issue for retailers to deal with for a long time in order to provide the right supply at the right time and place and thus prevent stock-outs. Traditionally, this issue has mainly ... -
Offshoring services: a case study of potential efficiency gains, unexplored due to inadequate coordination
(2013-07-05)Offshoring has been referred to as the third industrial revolution and has offered companies the possibility to deliver services from overseas. To offshore certain activities tend to be rather complex, where communication ... -
Olympic Soul Searching A look into Chicago's Olympic City Image Potential for 2016
(2008-02-28)This study investigates what the Olympics could bring to the Chicago community, along with what Chicago could bring to the Olympic Movement. Particular attention is dedicated to popular culture, our area of interest, which ... -
On the complementary role of budget and rolling forecast - A case study of Philips Company (consumer Lifestyle sector) in the Netherlands
(2015-01-20)Current business atmosphere is considered much more dynamic and complex than before that makes traditional management accounting tools such as annual budgeting inappropriate to confront such enduring competition. According ... -
ON THE CVA OF CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS: THE IMPLICATION OF DEPENDENCE USING A COPULA APPROACH
(2023-06-29)This study examines the nature and background to the Credit Value Adjustment(CVA), a concept that has gained focus due the it’s heightened importance for financial institutions subsequent to the 2008 financial crisis. ... -
On the Relationship between Corporate Reputation and Brand Trust – an Investigation of three Corporate Brands’
(2011-07-06)In today’s corporate world, where the market place demands the highest of standards on companies and their products, it is of detrimental nature that consumers possess trust for the brands that define their lives. While ... -
“On the Sharing Economy. How Airbnb alters Barcelona Housing Market”
(2018-07-03)Housing prices are on the rise in Spain at an alarming speed during the last years. Neighborhoods and organizations in Barcelona are on the move against this situation. It is said that the sharing economy, by the use of ... -
On the Signi cance of Capturing the Early Exercise Boundary for the American Put Price
(2017-07-25)I show that the three-piece exponential boundary by Ju (1998) accurately 'tracks' the early exercise boundary. This results in more accurate option pricing than other comparable methods. Numerical results obtained in this ...